The eagerly awaited Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo was opened yesterday by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe signaling the city’s most highly anticipated hotel launch in nearly 30 years.
The ceremony entailed the cutting of the ribbon to mark new beginnings and the unveiling of the plaque by President Maithripala Sirisena,
To signify the symbolic merging of two countries, China and Sri Lanka, rituals from both cultures to mark prosperity were performed.
Dotting of the lion’s eye in Chinese culture is believed to herald good luck and good fortune, whilst the age-old tradition of lighting the oil lamp marks auspicious new beginnings in Sri Lanka.
The ceremony also saw the hotel’s first guest check-ins by Jacqueline Fernandez, the internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan actress and two of China’s most prominent influencers, Fan Yi Ren and Ms. Lu Lu. Located at Galle Face address, Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo marks the group’s second foray into Sri Lanka's first hotel in Hambantota.
Offering a new perspective of the city are the hotel’s 500 guestrooms and suites and 41 serviced apartments.
The hotel’s 34 suites, each come with a personal butler and access to the Horizon Club Lounge.
Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo’s facilities continue with the largest event portfolio in Sri Lanka. Over 3,500 square metres of space including two ballrooms, an outdoor lawn and several function rooms could host up to3,000 guests.
With a focus on wellbeing, CHI, The Spa offers seven treatment rooms and a selection of traditional Sri Lankan and East Asian therapies. Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo is part of the first phase opening of a 10-acre mixed-use development along Galle Face Promenade.
The site incorporates an office tower offering 60,000 square metres of premium office space, two residential towers with 390 apartments and a high-end shopping mall carrying emerging home-grown and international high-street brands across seven floors of shopping, dining and entertainment.
Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts currently operates over 100 hotels with a room inventory of over 41,000.
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